Maps distort reality because the Earth is a three-dimensional sphere, and any attempt to represent it on a flat surface requires compromise. It's like trying to make a rectangle out of an orange peel.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
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What's wrong with Africa's map? Should it concern India too?
The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, Africa appears smaller than it is. In a bid to depict the continent's relative ...
LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...
By Noel Kokou Tadegnon and Catarina Demony LOME, April 14 (Reuters) - Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a ...
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
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